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    An imagined future speaks in David Ewing Duncan's <em>Talking to Robots.</em>
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    An Imagined Future Speaks In 'Talking To Robots'

    Jul 19, 2019
    If you want to see what that future might look like, David Ewing Duncan's book is a fun place to start; he envisions various bots based on interviews with scientists and engineers, among others.
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    Video: Future You, With Elise Hu
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    Higher, Better, Stronger, Faster — Brain Science Is Trying To Get There

    Jun 06, 2019
    A headset that electrically stimulates your brain while you practice a motor skill claims to help you improve in less time. What does this mean for human abilities by 2050?
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    Video: Future You, With Elise Hu
    NPR's Elise Hu wears a cap that connects her to a network of other people playing a Tetris-like game at the University of Washington's Center for Neurotechnology.
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    Mind-Machine Meld: How Computer-Assisted Telepathy Helps Humans Communicate

    May 07, 2019
    The next phase of human evolution seems headed toward merging biological bodies with machines, and in the first video of Future You, Elise Hu gets connected to a network and plays a game her thoughts.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    Israeli historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari lectures on artificial intelligence during the X World Future Evolution on July 6, 2017, in Beijing, China.
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    Biometric Data And The Rise Of Digital Dictatorship

    Feb 28, 2018
    As historian and author Yuval Harari suggests, market forces and investor greed will keep moving the data revolution forward. But there are balancing forces to this onslaught, says Marcelo Gleiser.
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    The tracklist to the soundtrack of <em>Black Panther</em>.
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    Kendrick Lamar Releases 'Black Panther' Tracklist, And It Doesn't Disappoint

    Jan 31, 2018
    The TDE-curated 'Black Panther' soundtrack includes The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Future, Vince Staples and more.
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    Future and Young Thug, <em>Super Slimey</em>
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    Future Pays Homage To Deceased Engineer On 'Super Slimey' With Young Thug

    Oct 20, 2017
    Their overnight surprise mixtape release comes with an honorable mention for one of Atlanta's instrumental sonic architects.
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    How To Make AI The Best Thing To Happen To Us

    Oct 08, 2017
    We can thrive with AI if we win the race between the growing power of our technology and the wisdom with which we manage it, but we must ditch the idea of learning from our mistakes, says Max Tegmark.
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    Future joined Kendrick Lamar on the Coachella stage in April.
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    Perceived Extremes: Kendrick Lamar Takes His 'Mask Off' On New Future Remix

    May 23, 2017
    When a remix challenges rap's preconceived notions with a collaboration between the conscious king and the trap star, what more can you ask for?
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    Future and Amber Rose unmask in dark visual of survival and seduction.
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    WATCH: Future's 'Mask Off' Video Is A Hood Opera Of Apocalyptic Proportions

    May 05, 2017
    Amber Rose joins Future for a hellish night ride of flutey loops.
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    Latino Voters and Nevada's Gubernatorial Race

    Feb 22, 2010
    Latino voters are an important voting bloc and voted heavily with the Democratic Party in 2008. Now, Republican Brian Sandoval is running for Governor.

    What kind of traction does Sandoval have with Latinos? Share your thoughts and opinions for this upcoming program
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    Medical Marijuana Inc.

    Feb 19, 2010
    That's right, medical marijuana has gone from being a cottage industry to be a fully-fledged corporate industry. The national company is offering franchises to local entrepreneurs who want to get into the medical marijuana business.
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    UNLV Protest

    Feb 12, 2010
    UNLV students, faculty and administrators turned to a traditional technique yesterday to protest their anger at planned cuts of 10 percent or more to Nevada's higher education budget. Ryan Wallis gathered this audio postcard of the days speeches and action.
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    The Future of Conservatism

    Feb 11, 2010
    Conservatism has always won its victories from bitter defeats, argues author Sam Tanenhaus. So will the 2008 election be such another election or have conservatives already begun a resurgence.
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    MGM Mirage Leaves Atlantic City

    Feb 11, 2010
    MGM Mirage has announced plans to sell its interest in the Borgata - the newest hotel in Atlantic City. It is doing so because New Jersey Gaming regulators have declared the company's Macau partner Pansy Ho an unsuitable person to be working with a licensee.
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    State of the State Post-Mortem

    Feb 10, 2010
    Gov. Jim Gibbons has laid out the sad state of the state and now it's up to the legislature.
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    Solving the Budget Crisis

    Feb 10, 2010
    Gov. Jim Gibbons is set to deliver his "State of the State" on the state's deteriorating budget situation.
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    The Water Authority and the Supreme Court

    Feb 08, 2010
    The Southern Nevada Water Authority recently lost a major decision in the Nevada Supreme Court when the court invalidated all the claims the authority had made on rural water dating back more than two decades. We recently spoke with the attorney who won the case for the rural Nevadans.
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    Mount Reagan

    Feb 08, 2010
    There's a push on to name a significant landmark after the 40th President. Nevada currently has no such landmark but supporters hope to achieve success before Reagan's 100th birthday.
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    Teen Pregnancy

    Feb 05, 2010
    The rate of teen pregnancy is again on the rise. After the great debate about whether abstinence or contraceptive education was more successful, it appears that neither is very effective.
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    The Higher Education Crisis

    Feb 05, 2010
    The university regents and higher education stakeholders met most of Tuesday to hash out possible cuts to the system because of the state's deteriorating budget situation. Opinion was unanimous that the cuts will spell disaster.
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    The Future of Yucca Mountain

    Feb 05, 2010
    It looks as if the Obama Administration is set to shut down Yucca Mountain. Is this the end? Will there be any other use for the repository? And how will the administration square the end of the waste repository with its promise to build more nuclear power plants? We discuss those issues with experts and industry players.
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    The Congo Connection

    Feb 03, 2010
    A Nevada company has been accused of bringing rare metals from mines in some of the most troubled areas of the world - the Congo. We talk with an official of ENOUGH - the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity - about the importation of rare minerals for use in everyday electronics.
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    Water Rights

    Feb 02, 2010
    The Nevada Supreme Court has killed the applications lodged more than 20 years ago by the Southern Nevada Water Authority and the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The claims were to water in rural Nevada but now the authority may have to back and start the whole application process again.
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    Young Men's Conference

    Feb 02, 2010
    The Second Annual Young Men's Conference is taking place Saturday at the West Las Vegas Arts Center. The conference is designed to offer life skills to young African-American men who face challenges competing in today's society.
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    The Las Vegas Economy

    Feb 01, 2010
    It's pretty bad. But how bad. We talk with Jeremy Aguero of Applied Analysis to find out why Las Vegas continues to bump along the bottom of the chart and what can be done to improve things.
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